B.S., Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (2005)

Current Job Openings

One PhD Student starting from the Fall 2017.

One MS Student starting from the Fall 2017.

Areas of Research and Professional Interest

Reconstruction and analysis of genome-scale and community models

Systems-level analysis of ‘omics’ data

Development of genetic toolkit and engineering metabolic pathways

Redesign photosynthetic apparatus and carbon fixing mechanism

About Rajib Saha

Dr. Rajib Saha is a new assistant professor in the Department of Chemical & Bimolecular Engineering at UNL. Prior to his appointment at UNL, he worked as a post-doctoral research associate in the Himadri Pakrasi Lab in Biology department at Washington University in St. Louis. He graduated with his PhD and MS in Chemical Engineering from the Costas Maranas Lab at The Pennsylvania State University in 2014 and 2011, respectively. He got his Bachelor in Chemical Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology with the top position in his graduating class.

Throughout his multidisciplinary graduate research career, he has developed metabolic network models for photosynthetic organisms and subsequently utilized those for studying their physiology and also for metabolic engineering applications. His recent postdoctoral research includes study of light/dark behavior and development of efficient and tunable gene expression control system of a model cyanobacterial strain. His research interests include reconstruction and analysis of genome-scale and community models, systems-level analysis of ‘omics’ data, development of genetic toolkit and engineering metabolic pathways, and redesign photosynthetic apparatus and carbon fixing mechanism.

Experience

2016 - Assistant Professor

Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

2014 - 2016 Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis

Advisor: Dr. Himadri B. Pakrasi

2009-2014 Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University

Advisor: Dr. Costas Maranas

2005-2009 Research Scholar

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore